North Carolina Newspapers

iM-4- PMSriiK'a Bill* VOL. XXIX NO. 97 ’'PublishedHraSsil^Wursdays ,, ’ itiifu::^,' L.,:,.vA,., ' » NORTH toJCESBOFO. N. C., THURSDAY, 12,j 8,' f:ffi Ro)^. La., Sept, 10.— L^iBlutnw plodded a- .' SKlay^ith Huey Laaif’s lat^ orf la we.—meaai^ires row ^Almost without meaning m a re* ^ suit ct his death. No Transient Aid Sf Here G6^ yrashington. Sept. 10.—Prepar- ^iing to discontiam transient shelt- ( «ra in citiea^^lfhe relief adminis- H^^'tratioB caid today that no more tsanaients will be accepted for aid . Sifter September 20. jts ^ - — Last awl Found ^ S. C.. Sept. 10.—Lost hi* days in the cypress recess- of Santee swamp near here, C. . Coward, 60-year-old railroad section' foreman, was found by a party of rescuers tonight. Gets Long Sentence j ' Lumberton, Sept. 10.—Pleading | guilty in Robeson Superior court here this afternoon to attempted , criminal assault, Jim IVatson, 38- | year-old Robeson county negro. [ ■was sentenced by Judge J. Paul I Prizaelle to a term from 14 to 15; years in State’^ prison. Dies of Injuries Kinston, Sept. 10.—Mrs. Lillie Hill. 40. of Pink Hill' died today of injuries suffered when she was hit by an automobile near Pink- Hill last night. The driver of the car, H. C. Cooke, Duplin county school ma:i. was detained pond'ng an investigation. Sch^^lildhig ; Prop^ Afo k Wilkes WPAlisl Se^ To Coiwtruct Sdhoal BoitdfaiiE At llMmtaiii Vieur With WRA Labor ROAD PROJECTS ARE IN Wants Fewer Schools Raleigh, Sept. 10.—-Leroy Mar tin retired yesterday as executive secretary of the State School com mission with the assertion that schools should be freed from local politics and at least half of the high schools in North Carolina should be eliminated. Chicago . . . “Andy” is no more. He was the East tower of the Sky-Ride, Century of Progress feature. His cra.sh to earth was witnessed by 200.000 spectators. A microphone was attached to the top and the last weird cries of the | ministration will allow, mammoth tower were broadcast Project Made Out. For Com- .munity Boilding In Wilkes- boro; Others Included Wilkes county is well represent^ ed in the large batch of WPA pro jects that have been approved by district and state offices and for warded to Washington to await fin al approval at national headquart ers of the works progress admin istration. Outstanding among the pro jects for Wilkes county of which final approval is sought is work on sihool buildings, including the construction of a modem school unit pt Mountain View. In making up the project it is understood that the county is to furnish part of the materials and that the WPA is to furnish the cost of la bor and a certain percent of the cost of materials which the ad- Flying Housewife Champ} Cleveland . . . Mrs. Melba Beard, 22 year old California housewife, stepped into her airplane here to win the 25-mile Earhart Trophy, for weraen, over seven competitors n the annual national air races. Sees Victory For F. R. Washington, Sept. 10. — The opinion that President Roosevelt would defeat Senator Borah, Re publican of Idaho, in 1936 ‘ in the same .substantial manner that he’ll beat ar body else” was expressed today by Chairman Farley of the Democratic national committee. joint Meeting of Granges Be Held Saturday Night bv the district and state WPA of- ,"ices. These include grading of school grounds, repairs and alter ations to pre-sent buildings and other similar projects. Road Projects Included The bulk of WPA projects for Wilkes county, however, are on To Perfect Plans For Enter- the highways and secondary roads- taining State Convention where it is thought that a great Sent. 25-27 j number of the employable relief ——.— car.es can be put to work when the A joint meeting of the Wilkes; projects are approved and the Pomona Grange and the Wilkes- boro subordinate Grange will be District Office Of NRS Moved Is Now Located in l^nk of North Wilkesboro Building, Former Relief Office The five county office of the Other school projects bn a national nt-employment service,! smaller scale have been approved j which since its establishment has Five-Day Eiqsln^oii 'Is Expecti To Attract ^^ord Crowds Tne$diqr' * ■ ■ t e — ■, — » HIGHUGHTS INF^fROGRAMj The Greet WHkn Fair will open Tuesday at ten o’clock, ac cording to the program an nounced here today by fair of ficials. The official program for opening day follows: 8dM) a. m.—Gates open. 10:00 a. m.—Opening of fair. 2:00 p. m.—Begin^ng of free act program in froM.,of grand stand. 8:00 p. m.—Fireworks. ftSF’ p; m.-urroe scf program in front ef^randatand. " The program for the remaind- 'er of the,fair will he similar with ths'^eeption of Saturday, rt which ^ time the profeasioual automobile races will tske pisce on the trjtek. School ^todren will be sd- mitted tickets Tuesday. These tic^phi however, will iiet be good on any other day of the Much Progress Toward Eradication Of Bee Disease Is Now Being M^e U. S. Nurse in Ethiopia Potato Esti«i«t«-3trt Washington. Sept. 10.—Pros pects of an excessive surplus of ^■»H^>otatoes this year diminished to- ' ^y as the Agriculture department announced August conditions cut the anticipated production b y more than 4.000.000 bushels. The department said a potato crop of 372.677,000 bushels was estimated. To Check Power Raleigh, Sept. 10.—Dudley Bag- ley, chairman of the State Rural jheld at the courthouse in Wilkes on Saturday night, Septem ber 14. ' The meeting will begin at 7:30 i and it is especially desired that ' a large number of members from ! both organizations be present. This will be the last meeting before the North Carolina state Grange meets in annual conven tion in North Wilkesboro on Sep tember 25. 26 and 27 and many things of importance relative to the state meeting must be at- Electrification authority, told the' tended to by the county and sub- Associated Press over long dist- ^ ordinate units, it was pointed out ance telephone from Washington in announcing the joint meeting tonight that Morris L. Cooke,; for Saturday night, head of the Federal REA, had Meanwhile, plans are being per-1 reinstated the proposed survey to | fected for the entertainment of give North Carolina a complete! approximately 500 delegates who , che'k on rural power projects ii; sre expected to gather here from | every coUnty. ! P^rts of the state to attend the ■ J convention. People of the Wilkes- Firms Uphold NRA boros and adjacent rural com-' Atlanta, Sept. 10.—Southern in- j munities will furnish lodging and dustry start signal is given by head quarters. Other projects in AVilkes which I)AVP.been made up indpde a •ichpal playground for the to-wn of ioi- b Wilkesboro and the propos ed ?25,000«armory for which the town has already agreed to donate 3 site on the fairgrounds. A pro ject has also been maxle up and -,ent in for a community building in Wilkesboro. So far the fate of any of the projects, which are tied up at iVashington, lias not been learned and the .status of the WPA in the county, as well as the entire Winston-Salem district, is what might well be termed a standstill as the news of approval or rejec- j tion of the projects is awaited. been located in the city hall here, was moved this week to offices on the second floor of Bank of North Wilkesboro byWIing. M ving into the offices former ly oc 'upied bv t’.ie local i-elief of fice i/:ll .relieve the congestion at city hail .and at the same time provides additional offf^ space for die I'c-eiiiployment office. Dalios of the rs-eir.ployment of fice have been greatly increased with Hie coming of the works pro gress r.dmini.stration supplanting the relief administration. The re- en.ploynient office will have the WPA projects. Registration of lief rases has been practically completed and the office is await ing approval of work projects and the call for men to begin placing relief cases at work. The gov ernment has expressed its inten tion to get a great part of the relief cases on jobs by November 1 and it is expected that the work will be rushed when the pro jects are approved. Philadelphia . . . Miss Marj- Berger (above), of this city, is me of the few American traineq nurses in Ethiopia. She is expect ed to see active duty with the American Red Cross, if italy Relief Project Mav Prove of Much Value To Bee Keep ers In the County The reliet' project instituted in this county several weeks ago in an effort ^ wipe out American Fowl Broo^, disastrous disease a- mong bees. Is meeting with mark ed success, according to infor mation gained from A. G. Hen- dren, county agent. Wilkes county has a nation wide reputation for sounyood hon ey, being situated in the heart of the sourwood ^region on the east ern slopes of the Appalachians. Farmers^ of the county for many years have been realizing a sub stantial income from the sale of sourwood lioney and during the past few years the disease known as American Fowl Brood has made its appearance and has spread over a great part of the AD In Readine» for Openinf of Tenth Annual Expmd- tion In City " On Tuesday morning gates of £x4heriff EDedge ^ucciunbedToday ding nttich damage to bees kept for honey production for family Passed Away In ‘ Hasoital Tliis Morning at II o’aock With these facts on hand. Miss ■Victoria Bell, then administrator of relief in this district, approved an ERA work project and assign- Statesville i unemployed man with 32 years experience in the bee keep- ' possible. poo- pices of the Great Wilkes Fair ssociation. . .Work of completing ' arraoga- ments for the 1986 fair, destinad to be the biggest and beat fair ever held here, will be completad Monday and everything will ba fa readiness for the opening on Toea- day morning, September 17. After nine successful fairs the fair association, headed fay "W. A McNeill, president and general manager, and J. C. Wallace, act ing secretary, are planning the really outstanding fair in the hi»- tory of the association and antici pate record breaking attendance from Wilkes and adjoining conn- ■ ties every day and niglit of the fair, which be.gins on Tuesday and continue'', through Satuiday. No detail has been ovei'Iooked in planning for the 1035 exposi tion on the Wilkes fairgp'ounda. Every phase has been cared far in the various departments of the fair and the departments deemed most beneficial have received eix- tra attention this year. Place Exhibits Monday For several weeks the premium list, offering morei. liberal cask premiums than last year, has been in circulatiob among the people of ig cou^w and it is expected that the exhibit ball will be filled Monday with exhib its in all departments. Rules and regulations require that exhibits are to be placed Monday and en tries should be made to Secretary Wallace as soon as practical and should be mailed in this week if Miss Elizabeth Johnson, daugh ter of Dr. and Mrs. Jay H. John son, has returned to Mars Hill College to resume her studies. Application Fo"- Drivers’ Licenses | Are Bein^ Distribu^d io Motorists whole has “neither' one meal daily to the delegates. cut wages nor increased working hours,” directors of the Southern States Industrial council announc ed in a called meeting held here today. The directors stressed as It is also planned that a Grange picnic or barbecue feast will be i given on one afternoon and there w-ill be guides to escort parties to scenic spots in the county, in- Senator Long Dies Of Gunshot Wounds Louisiana Leader Succumbs To Wounds Inflicted By Assassin Sunday Night significant a report that “of 781 eluding the Brushies, Rendezvous firms reporting in a .special sur- ■vey sponsored by the council, only t ad decreased wages while had made wage increases.” Reynolds On Tour Chicago. Sept. 10.—After camp- >--ing cut in the center of Chicago’s famous Boul’ Mich’, Senator Rob ert R. ^Reynolds. Democrat of North Carolina, pulled stakes to day and headed west. The Sena tor refused to say how much was left of the $100 on which he in tends to make f 9,00C-mile trip from coast to coast to demon- to American youth the ease of attaining the broadening effect, of travel. W. G. Gabriel Is Head of Legion Officers Installed in Meeting Held Monday Night At Legion Clubhouse Mountain State Park, scenic spots on the Blue Ridge and several other places of interest. R. G. McNeill Has Fractured Skull Patrohi.an Thrown To Pave ment When Motorcycle Hits Rut in Highway W, G. Gabriel was installed as «ommaiKier of Wilkes poet, num _ber 12B, of the American Legion a meeting held at the Legion ^and Auxiliary clubhouse in this city on Monday night. The other officers installed to serve during the ensuing year ■were Russell Hodges, vice com mander; Newton Bumgarner, ad- fjutant: W. C. Grier, chaplain; Hall, seargent at arms. The meeting held on Monday {fat was the regular September which was postponed Friday to Monday night Robert G. McNeill, of this city, suffered a fractured skull Tues day evening when the motorcycle he was riding struck a depression in the A-iheville-Black Mountain highway and threw him to the pavement. j Mr. McNeill, a son of I. H. Mc Neill. of this city, is a compara- ; tively new member of the state i high-way patrol and he was in I company with another officer checking lights of automobiles on the highway when the accident occured. He had started to pass an automobile when his motor cycle struck the rut in the road. He was immediately carried to the Biltmore hospital in Asheville where examination showed that he had suffered a severe fracture of the skull and his condition was considered serious, although not critical. His father visited him on Wednesday afternoon. Episcopal Services Regular services will b« held at St. Paul’s Episcopal church in Wilkesboro Sondsy afternoon at four o’clock with Rector B: M. Lackey in charge. Baton Rouge, La.. Sept. 10.— j Senator Huey P. Long died today i at the height of his power and I friend and foe of his political ! creed, throughout the nation, de- j plored his assassination. Control of his Louisiana em pire, which he ruled as a dictator, was in confusion as his lieuten ants sought to solidify their ranks and preserve the power they in- j herited. Long’s death came at 4:06 a. m., central standard time. He was unconscious. His immediate fam ily and political associates sur rounded his bedside. Long was 42 years old. For 31 hours he and his physicians fought against death from wounds inflict ed by Dr. C. A. Weiss, Jr., 30- yeai'-old Baton Rouge eye special ist, who shot the senator as he stepped from the house chamber into a corridor of the capitol building Sunday night. Weiss, a member of a family politically opposed to Long, im mediately dropped dead from bul let wounds inflicted by Long’s heavily-armed bodyguards. The bullet from Weiss’ gun struck the senator in the right side, penetrate?' the colon in two places, injured a kidney and pass ed out of his body in the back. An emergency operation and five blood transfusions failed to save him. The imposing 38-story state capitol. setting for bis greatest triumphs and his fatal Wounding was chosen for'tiie senator’s last rites. No Charge For Licenses Ob tained Before November 1; SI After That Date Applications for state automo bile driver’s license have been re ceived at the local office of the Carolina Motor Club and are no-w available for distribution to the public, according to J. C. McDiar- mid, manager of the office. The blanks must be carefully filled out and notarized by a no tary public or witnessed by some member of the State Highway Pa trol. Drivers who file application prior to November 1 are not re quired to pay a fee for the driver’s license, and may secure same if they can satisfactorily answer the various questions on the applies- ^ tion. The driver’s license law is effec tive November 1 and those who apply for license after that date -nu.st undergo an examination and pay a fee of $1. Licenses are good until revoked for cause. Chauffeurs, including drivers of city delivery trucks, must pay a of $2. This license expires June 30. 1936 and must be re newed each year at a cost of $2. Manager J. C. McDiannid point ed out that the applications must be filled out on a. typewriter or printed. in blue or black ink. Ex treme care should be used in fill ing out the applications, it was said, as a photostat will be made of the original application and this photostated card returned to the applicant by the Highway Safety Division of the Department Reveime. Applications must be ^ed by every member of a family that drives a car and by any driver, re gardless of whethet M or nhg; owns a motor vehicle. The loeal rffice of the Carolina Motor Club is located at The Yadkin Valley: Motor Company. Grant G. Elledge, ex-sheriff of WUkss county, died in a Mtatesvlile. ftospital this morn ing, It was learned here today just as Ihls edition of The Journal-Patriot went to press. Mr. EUadge luid been in de-^ dining Iteukh for several weeks'' and was taken to a liospital for treatment and an operation for goitre. He was a member of a prom inent Wilkes family and was well and favorably known by the people of the county. He serv^ for three terms as sher iff of W’llkes county, the last term ending in 1028. Funeral arrangements had not been completed today. Ball Games Here During Week-End I ing industry to work among’ the j beek keepers of the county and ; advise them as to how to go about eradicating the disease and reviv ing the honey industry. He has made a life-long study of bees and can qualify as a bee specialist. He and Mr. Hendren have been in specting bees in widely separated sections of the county and have found the disea ■: to be most pre valent in the southeastern portion of the county, while none of the i infectious disease was found in hives examined in the western and northern portions. American Fowl brood, special ists say, is a disease that affects the young bee in the larva stage. Cappings over the larva in the cells turn dark and sink or col lapse and when an object, for in stance a toothpick, is inserted in to one of these larva cells it is found that the dead lai-va is elas tic and will stretch like rubber. Marx Greater Shows, the same organization which occupied tlw midway last year, will be the mul- way attraction again this year, although the shows and rides have been supplemented by a number of feature attractions'that are calculated to make it -the best midway shows ever at the ftiir here. Over 30 shows and rides make up what is called the “mils long pleasure trail” of the mid- Ht'me Chair Will Play Aggre-1 they say. is a sure sign of gation of Professionals ' American Fowl Brood. Saturday and Sunday I.ocal baseball fans will be treated to a very interesting pair of baseball games here Saturday and Sunday when the Home Chair team will play a team of profes- -sional baseball playeip gathered from a number of learrues. In addition to star players of the present leagues there will ap pear in the Irnenp of the visiting team some famous players who have graced the diamonds of the majors in previous years. The games, which will start at 3:30 on Saturday and Sunday, are expected to draw record crowds of baseball fans who will be wait ing to see how the local team will stack up against professional players. Dr. Derren^nger Will Teach Class Special Course In Art To Be Wrered by Representative of Cata’wfla.^ Dr. E. Derrendinger, of Cataw ba College, is planning to offer an art coarse to the teachers On Monday afternoon, Septem ber 16. Dr, Dirrendingw will meet with all teachers interested in the cop,-’'«i at the Wilkesboro school' boitding. The meeting will begit at four o’clock. I ’The man working on the relief project is using and advising meth ods of eradication recommended by the Unlt^“ States department of agriculture, which is lending every cooperation to the project. The bees may be transferr^ from an infested luye to another one provided the is destroyed, preferably byi^mming, and new foundation coipb should be placed in the new hive, After a hive has been vacated |t may be rendered safe by thorough cleaning and scorching. ’This work will be carried out as thoroughly as possible through the relief project and by the co operation of Mr. Hendren and the ^:tension service''of State College and the department of agricul ture. Persons who are interested in having their bcea inspected, and more especially those who live east of the 'iVQOcesboros and south of the Yadkir^river, are request ed to get in touch with Mr. Hen dren at his office in the court house in Wilkesboro. Lesr I« Brokm In Auto: Accident Charlie Andiraon, resident of Wilkesboro, «>suffered a broken leg Wednesday when he Wak ^ an automobile. He Wait (^urr^ to the. hoapitol here ambulance, T^hieze be jw receit^ treatment. The Free Acts The fair association has arrang ed for a full two-hour program of free acts that should be alonr worth twice the amount of admis sion charged at the gate for . the entire fair. Using every effort to build up an unprecedented program of free acts the fair association is offer ing this year the most highly en tertaining and thrilling free acta ever contracted for a Wilkes Pair exposition. The Dekohl and Jack- son troupes are the type that usually are avaiFable only' for fairs several times as large ag-the e.xposition here and the fair'offi-. culs stated that they were foi^ tunatc in being able to offer the people of this section attractions of this type. As an added attraction on opening night. Bill Williams, dare devil from Hollywood, California, will drive a motorcycle at the rate of 70 miles per hour through a burning plank wall. This ia s very dangerous feat and pM* that is sure to provide a thrill far every spectator. Clowns will be ever present te aid a touch of hilarity to the fair iind help in entertaining the visiting thousands. The Fireworka This feature of the fair hsk year was declared to be good and in arranging for the fireworks for the fair next week, double the »- mount used last year waa con tracted. ’There will be a dififeroik prr.'gram of fireworks each SI and the stupenduoae dlspli(|iirSne expected to prove highly’ enter taining. Auto Races Saturday The fair will reach ita climax 0 and close on 'Satur^y^with a thrilling program of profeMdoouI autemobile races promoted by Mte Gray Auto and Air-XaeiiW'Aiete elation, of Daytona Blast* from a iy (Co